June 18 -- The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), a government agency under the Indian Ministry of Environment, has released a list of measures and bans to ban the use of single-use plastic products in the country from July 1, 2022.
As part of its comprehensive action plan, CPCB...
Plastic pollution is gradually engulfing the oceans, and finding a solution to the problem is crucial. It is vital to find environmentally friendly materials that can replace plastics. That's where many new materials companies are heading. That's exactly what Evoware, an Indonesian company, is ...
Paper is used as a packaging material due to its natural degradability and sustainable properties. 2019 global paper and paperboard market is close to 425 million tons, compared to 250 million tons in the 90s. Currently, global consumption of packaging materials has increased significantly, and...
Have you ever dreamed of living in a delicious gingerbread house like the Grimm's fairy tale "Hansel and Gretel"? In the near future, "edible houses" may not be a fairy tale anymore!
Kota Machida and Yuya Sakai, materials scientists at the University of Tokyo, have developed...
Recently, the Washington State Department of Ecology (DoE) submitted to the legislature a second alternatives assessment for perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in food packaging. Materials such as polylactic acid coating and polylactic acid foam will replace paper (plant fiber...
On June 7, the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology's manned submersible research vessel "Deep Sea 6500" lifted a new type of "biodegradable plastic" that was sunk in the deep waters of Sagami Bay about six months ago and is a light burden on the environment. ...
The U.S. government said June 8 it will phase out the sale of plastic water bottles and other single-use products in national parks and other public lands over the next decade, aiming to completely eradicate a major source of environmental pollution.
An order issued June 8 by U.S. Interior Secr...
UK-based sustainable packaging company Frugalpac has won its first customer for a paper bottle machine used to make Frugal bottles - the world's first and only commercial wine, spirits and olive oil bottles made from recycled paper.
Canad...
June 8 is the 14th World Oceans Day. The theme of this year's Ocean Day is "Protecting Marine Ecosystems, Harmonious Coexistence between People and Nature".
To protect marine ecosystems, we cannot get around the problem of marine plastic pollution. As a special product of human activi...
The materials industry is the basic industry of the national economy, and new materials are the precursor of the development of the materials industry. Graphene, carbon nanotubes, amorphous alloys, foam metals, ionic liquids ......20 new materials, bringing unlimited opportunities for the devel...
